It’s been a long time since we last updated.  So much has happened!

Micah Christian can now roll-over (P.T.L.), he has grown 2 bottom teeth, he can sit up on his own, and he has successfully eaten his first handful of Cheerios. Something interesting that has happened is he has grown attached to one of his blankets. We have affectionately named it the “magic blanket” because if he is in the least bit tired and you place the blanket on his face, his eyes will immediately roll back, his mouth will pucker and begin a sucking-like motion, and he will be knocked out within 30 seconds. I don’t know how this happened. It is quite a mystery to all of us. We forgot to bring the magic blanket to VBS two nights ago and we almost ended up leaving early because he just would not nap w/out it. Other soft blankets don’t work. He needs the one and only. So, this definitely has its pros and cons. I must admit, though, that it is very cute to see him hug his blanket and hold it to his lips.
Micah now eats 3 solid meals a day (-oatmeal for breakfast and veggies/fruits for lunch and dinner). I still nurse him 4 times a day even though he weighs as much as a 2 year old. I think once he turns one, I’m going to close shop.

This past month, we went to my parents’ place while Israel was at camp pitch for the week. It was nice spending time with them. I helped them clean out their entire house and have a big garage sale. It was a lot of work, but it was really fun. All proceeds went to my mom so it was nice doing something so that she could have extra money to use for herself. Some of the items that we sold included: the wooden rocking chair, our old dining room set (including the 6 yellow-cushioned chairs), a large portion of my parents’ rock collection, my a half size violin, my trumpet, bikes, lawn chairs, sports equipment, books, my mom’s house plants, nearly 100 picture frames, and lots of golf balls!  We even had a very large FREE section which kids were particularly excited about.  I think we made nearly $1,000!  God really blessed!

Campmeeting was lots of fun EVEN THOUGH our tent and gazebo was destroyed by a tornado, the kids got sick, and I was having nightmares about how “the raindrops fall with a pitter-pitter-pat…a pitter-pitter-pat…a pitter-pitter-pat”.  Imanuel loved his class.  In fact, on our way to VBS this morning, he was singing the “I’m glad I came to Campmeeting…(repeat)” song.    

Anyway, I’ll have to resume this post until another time when I talk about our 4th of July trip to Lansing, CAMPUS l.e.a.d.s, VBS, and Jen.  It’s been a crazy summer so far!

Anyhow, here are some pics from the past month or so.  More pics can be found on the photo strip!

When Daddy brought home a turtle (that was crossing the street).  They brought it back soon after.

Right before leaving to go down state for campmeeting, Daddy decided to try out our camping gear – IN THE LIVING ROOM.

Father’s Day 2008!  (Also the first day of Camp Pitch for MI Campmeeting)  We drove on Saturday evening then got a hotel for the night.  This was taken Sunday morning.  AND…the boys wanted me to mention that Israel is the best Daddy in the whole world.

While Daddy was breaking his back setting up for campmeeting…

 
The sales employee and financial manager
 
It was hard work, but at the end, we were able to get rid of a TON of stuff and do some major cleaning.

CAMPMEETING – Youth Field Trip to Camp Au Sable

The leaders of the Youth Tent:  Justin Kim, Jodi & Willie Iwankiw, Steve Conway, Christian Martin, and Tammy Conway

Manu’s first time on Go-Karts – He was so excited but he was sound asleep by the time it was over!  🙂

Both kids were knocked out by the end of the trip. 

Back at Home…

Just chilling in Manu’s bedroom our first morning back home.  The whole family got sick.
  

Hopefully I’ll be able to post again soon.  I also planted a small garden in the backyard.  If it is successful, you’ll be sure to see a post on that one too.  🙂  It’s nice to finally be back home for a while…